RVIA
Suspends Dealer Relations Activities Pending Response
from RVDA
RVIA will
suspend its involvement in the RVIA/RVDA
Manufacturer/Dealer Joint Task Force until RVDA
implements a written policy acceptable to both
associations. The board took action on
recommendations by the Manufacturer/Dealer Relations
Committee, including issuing a formal request to RVDA
to produce a written policy statement citing when it
will provide active support to state dealer
organizations seeking legislation concerning
franchise and lemon law issues.
RVIA asked that
the statement identify specific legislative
provisions RVDA will or will not support, as well as
a communications process which is to be exhausted
prior to RVDA giving support to legislation.
The board also
instructed that a document outlining ways dealers and
manufacturers can communicate for the purpose of
avoiding legislation without violating anti-trust
laws be developed. This would be shared with RVDA and
state dealer associations.
Ray Hunt
Dies of Heart Attack
The RV industry was
shocked and saddened by the news that 36-year-old Ray
Hunt, Jr., president of WheelMasters, died suddenly
in June. According to Hal Funk, general manager of
WheelMasters, Ray had been playing basketball with
friends when he collapsed. The cause of death was
attributed to a heart attack.
Ray was the son
of Joyce and stepson of Tony Patti, founders of
WheelMasters.
A special
scholarship has been set up as a memorial to Hunt,
and those who would like to make a donation should
send contributions to the following address:
- Ray Hunt Youth Sports Scholarship Fund
- Acct#: 912 601 5115
- c/o U.S. Bank
- North Hills Branch
- Reno, NV 89506
Rick Horsey
Elected Chairman RVDA
The RVDA board
of directors elected its officers for 1997-1998 and
named Rick Horsey, Parkview RV Center, Smyrna, DE,
Chairman. Other officers elected are: First Vice
Chairman, Cammy Goetz, Curtis Trailers, Portland OR;
Second Vice Chairman, Ron Barrows, Modern Trailer
Sales & Service, Osseo, MN; Treasurer, Mark
Bretz, Bretz RV & Marine, Missoula, MT;
Secretary, Randy Biles, Pikes Peak Traveland,
Colorado Springs, CO; Immediate Past Chairman, Jim
Fogdall, Ace Fogdall, Inc., Cedar Falls, IA. The
officers will serve one-year terms beginning in
September.
The committee
also nominated the following dealers to serve as
regional directors: Region 1, Jeff Hirsch, Campers
Inn of Kingston, Kingston, NH; Region 3, Earl
Stoltzfus, Stoltzfus RV & Marine, West Chester,
PA; Region 5, Martin Zonnenberg, Camping Time,
Oakwood, GA; Region 7, Bruce Bentz, Capital RV
Center, Bismarck, ND; Region 9 (renomination) Steve
Bell, Bell Camper Sales, Bartlesville, OK; Region 10,
Craig Jensen, Blaine Jensen RV Center, Kaysville, UT.
Additional
nominees for regional directors may be proposed.
Members in good standing who receive the support of
at least two percent of the regular members (18
members) shall be placed in nomination. All
nominations should be forwarded to RVDA president
Mike Molino no later than August 17, 1997.
In other
actions, the RVDA board:
•Approved
a one-time $12,500 contribution to the Elkhart-based
RV/MH Museum with the understanding that in the
future RVDA will provide gifts "in kind"
such as publicity for fund-raisers. RVDA will also
assist the museum in finding ongoing sources of
revenue to support its work. Combined with a $37,500
contribution from RVIA, the RV industry will
contribute a total of $50,000 to the museum in 1997
allowing the organization to receive a matching grant
of $50,000 from the Manufactured Housing Institute.
•Approved
a recommendation from the Government Affairs
Committee to include non-
member dealers
in the annual Dealer Satisfaction Index Survey.
•Reaffirmed
the 46 unit limitation on vehicle displays at the
Convention/Expo.
•Approved
a recommendation from the Member Programs &
Services Committee for development of a separate
endorsement logo for association endorsed products
and services.
RVIA
Continues to Subsidize Affinity’s Roads
to Adventures Magazine
RVIA will
repeat the program in which RVIA partners with TL
Enterprises to distribute 350,000 copies of Roads to
Adventure to attendees of RV consumer shows. Roads
to Adventure is an Affinity Group publication.
RVDA
Education Foundation to Offer New Sales Training
Program
The RVDA
Education Foundation will offer sales training
programs on CD-ROM later this year.
The program,
developed by the nationally-recognized training firm
Wilson Learning, covers basic selling principles and
will be available to RVDA members at a special price
— less than $50 for a CD-ROM program and $25 for
each salesperson’s workbook.
The Wilson
Learning assessment and measurement approach to sales
training focuses on sales performance, customer
satisfaction, team sales performance, and other
important selling areas. The interactive CD-ROM
format helps salespeople learn and retain more
information. The CD-ROM programs are accompanied by
manuals and instructor’s guides for use inside
the dealership or at home.
"CD-ROMs
allow salespeople to learn at their own pace,"
said RVDA Education Foundation board member Rick
Horsey. "This program also enables dealers to
evaluate the progress their people are making in the
training program." This is a cost-effective
program, especially for smaller dealers looking for
top-notch sales training. Many dealers and
salespeople already own computers with a CD-ROM
drive. Those who don’t can get a professional
training program for less than $2,000 for the
computer, the sales CDS, and workbooks.
The RVDA
Education Foundation approved the training program at
its meeting on June 9.
Harriet
Rouse Succumbs to Cancer
Harriet Rouse, who
occupied the co-pilot seat with her husband Art at
the helm of Trailer Life Publications and the Good
Sam Club for more than three decades, died June 13
after an extended and courageous battle with cancer.
She was 77.
Back in 1958
when Art first took over the magazine from the
founding Trailer Coach Association, Harriet left the
comfort of home to become TL’s clerk,
bookkeeper, typist, and receptionist by day, while
remaining housewife and mother at night.
First known
simply as "Mrs. R" in Art’s regular
columns and articles in which he chronicled their
passion for life on Wheels, Harriet’s sobriquet
eventually became "Mrs. RV," as their fame
grew as powerful advocates for millions of RV
enthusiasts around the world.
In addition to
her husband, Harriet is survived by her two sons,
Dennis and Rick and daughters Lora Kerman and Iby
Rouse, and eight grandchildren.
RVIA
Approves New Public Relations Programs
The RVIA board
approved a comprehensive Market Expansion and
Reinforcement Program to be executed by
Barton-Gianelli & Associates as recommended by
the Public Relations Commit-tee.
This includes
the continuation of the Top of Mind Awareness
Program; the "Camping & Kids" Tour;
National RV History Tour; "Freewheelin’
USA" Tour; "First We Quit Our Jobs"
Tour; the Fountain of Youth Tour; conversion vehicle
media relations and two video news releases.
The board also
allocated funding to support grass-roots RV consumer
education by providing RV literature to existing
community college programs. RVIA will also provide
funding to help RV education program developers
launch additional community college programs.
RVIA will
develop a web site as a source of industry
information for media and consumers. In other on-line
action, the association will supply information and
research to the Investext Industry Insider database
for security analysts to access.
In Other
Actions the RVIA board:
•
Increased RVIA’s funding of the American
Recreation Coalition (ARC) from $100,000 to $125,000
in.
• Selected
the Sheraton Grande Tory Pines in San Diego to host
the 2000 Annual Meeting.
•
Authorized the continuation of RVIA’s Survey of
Lenders’ Experiences.
• Approved
the establishment of criteria for RV service centers
and development of a process for meeting those
centers that meet these criteria.
•
Instructed staff to develop communication aimed at
educating supplier members about potential exposure
faced by new lemon laws.
• Asked
staff to explore methods for reporting sales of
conversion vehicles on a monthly basis.
•
Supported the development of a brochure promoting the
benefits of van conversion ownership to consumers.
ARVC Opens
Western Office -- Linderman to Head Member Services
Longtime
campground industry executive Rob Linderman has been
named the National Association of RV Parks &
Campgrounds’ ( ARVC) manager of member
development and services and the head of ARVC’s
new West Coast office. Linderman will be based in the
Seattle area and will be responsible for all ARVC
member benefit programs, the creation of new
programs, member relations and new member development
either directly or via affiliated state associations.
Linderman is
currently the chief operating officer of American
Adventure, a network of 12 RV resorts in the West.
RV
America’s Chat Room Grows in Popularity
If you drop by
RV America On Line’s chat room almost any
evening you are going to meet people such as Dick
from San Diego, Skip from North Carolina, Reno from
Montana, Buck from Florida and more than likely,
Curt, an American Army pilot stationed in Panama, and
his wife, Sherry. They are all there talking about
their RVs or dreams of RVing. "It’s like a
growing family," said Dan Holt, CEO of Web Site
Management, the parent company of RV America.
"They all congregate in the chat room to discuss
RVs and exchange ideas and opinions, and the circle
of participants widens almost nightly."
In addition to
the informal chat sessions, RV America has a regular
schedule of Special Events that include people like
John Anderson, "A’Weigh We Go," who
answers questions about weight and safety issues.
Then, RVIA-RVDA master certified technician Rodney
Simmons, owner of Blue Moon Mobile RV in Garland, TX,
hosts a question and answer session the second
Thursday every month and fields questions relating to
RV service, repair and maintenance.
RV America
recently upgraded its’ chat software to ichat,
the leading chat program used on the Internet and
used by such companies as Yahoo and others.
Holt said,
"Visitors to RV America want all the information
about RVs and RVing they can get. We plan to expand
the special events segment of the chat room and
invite industry professionals to participate and meet
the RVing public that have incorporated the Internet
as part of their RV experience."
Pennsylvania
RV Show Drawing Biggest Ever
The
Pennsylvania RV and Camping Association (PRVCA) show
committee chairman, Larry Mellot, reports the
association’s Fall show is the largest ever
— the show will be over 660,000 square feet with
over 14 acres under roof. This year the increase was
well over 50,000 square feet purchased by exhibitors.
A waiting list exists for manufacturer space and a
significant increase in suppliers has created a
"sold out" situation in all but one
category.
The
Pennsylvania RV & Camping Show Trade Days are
September 8 and 9. The public days are September 10 -
14, 1997. An example of the Trade Days educational
offerings will be seminars such as "Increasing
Your Profits, No Matter What Competition You
Face," "Park Trailer Demographics,"
and "Towing Systems" plus much more. Johnny
Bench, television broadcaster and baseball superstar
will be the keynote speaker at the annual Red Carpet
Breakfast.
For more
information call 1-800-732-2226.
Good
News – Americans Expected to Travel More This
Summer
According to a
survey released recently by the Travel Industry
Association (TIA), vacationers plan to see more and
spend more this summer, encouraged by lower gasoline
prices and confidence about their finances.
Americans will
take 230 million trips of at least 100 miles from
June through August, up 2 percent from last
year’s record, TIA predicted in its annual
forecast.
A quarter of
those surveyed said they’ll travel more than
last summer, compared with 11 percent who plan to
travel less. The 18 to 24-year-olds show the most
enthusiasm, with 43 percent planning more trips.
On average,
respondents expect to pay $1,112 on their longest
trip, up from $1,076 last year. But the length of
that trip fell to an average of 8.1 nights from 8.5
nights last year.
Florida,
California and Hawaii were picked as the favorite
U.S. destinations for the fifth year in a row. Nevada
and New York tied for fourth place in the top 10
ranking, followed by Colorado, Arizona, Texas,
Washington, D.C., and Alaska.
Air travel will
grow 3 percent this summer to 33.9 million trips of
100 miles or more, the survey said. Travel by car,
truck or RV will rise 1 percent to 188.6 million
trips.
Gasoline costs
about 7 cents per gallon less than last year, when a
near-record surge in prices during the spring put the
national average at $1.31 a gallon, according to AAA.
Nevertheless, other travel costs such as lodging and
meals will be slightly higher, especially in
metropolitan areas. The AAA estimates those costs at
$199 a day, up from $193 last year.
But people
don’t appear to be shying away from the more
expensive destinations like Hawaii and New York, a
sign that the strong economy is making people more
willing to spend.
Forecast
RVIA Analyst
Predicts RV Shipments Should Gain 1.9 Percent This
Year
Writing in roadsigns,
RVIA’s quarterly economic forecast for the RV
industry, economist John W. DeWolf, said, "The
economy showed a burst of energy in the first quarter
that we don’t think is sustainable. This carried
over to RV shipments, which were up 10%. We look for
shipments to come back down to a rate of about
250,000 (or just below) for the rest of the year and
into the first half of 1998. This will still have
shipments for the year up 1.9% from 1996 at just over
252,000 units."
He indicated
that towables will account for all the gain in
shipments in 1997 - and probably also in 1998. He
added, "We see shipments of towables gaining
4.5% for the year to just over 200,000 units. Biggest
gainer should be fifth-wheel travel trailers, up
better than 7%. Folding camping trailers should also
do well, climbing 3.1% in 1997. At this time, it
looks as though towables will continue to gain
through 1998 – up perhaps 2 – while
motorhomes should hold even.
ARVC Adopts
New Policy on Public Land Usage
The board of
directors of the National Association of RV Parks
& Campgrounds (ARVC) has approved modifications
to the association’s longstanding policy on
public lands and campgrounds. The updated policy
recognizes the wide diversity of campers among the
nation’s 60 million people who go camping and
carves out a niche for public sector campgrounds.
Citing definitions in the American National Standards
Institute A119.4 standard for RV parks and
campgrounds, the new policy accepts the public
sector’s role in providing semi-developed or
rustic camping facilities. It also recognizes the
need to provide high levels of customer service in
all camping experiences to encourage growth in
camping.
The new policy
was developed by a task force comprised of state
delegates to the recent ARVC Government Affairs
Conference. The task force held a day long
"hearing’ on the issue and developed the
new policy based on input from a wide range of
sources.
Distributors
Report
Aftermarket
Sales Soft So Far in 1997
In an informal
survey of warehouse distributors in June, RV News
learned that aftermarket sales have been down during
the first half of 1997. Mike Keller, president of
Keller RV and Marine told RV News, "We’re
down from last year. We are selling now the types of
items we normally sell in April. We have had awful
weather this year and the camping season never
started, but hopefully it’s starting now. Keller
primarily serves dealers in the northeastern U.S.
Stan Sunshine,
president of StagParkway, described his
company’s business as being
"sluggish." StagParkway is a national RV
warehouse distributor.
Jeff
Wannamaker, president of Coast Distribution, another
national distributor said business has been off all
across the country.
Coast is also
the only public company among those questioned. First
quarter results showed that Coast is down 6% over
what they were in the first quarter of 1996.
Tim McGuire,
Coast’s CEO told shareholders, "In the
seasonally weak first quarter ending March 31, 1997
our company’s net sales were $35,205,000, 6%
less than the first quarter of 1996. A net loss of
$92,000, or $0.02 per share, was incurred as compared
to net income of $763,000, or $0.15 per share in the
same quarter of 1996.
"The
company’s results continue to be affected by 1)
the loss of a primary supplier in early 1996 and the
subsequent transitioning of our customers to our new
product lines, 2) our transition to more
company-branded products, and 3) soft sales of
recreational vehicles and boats."
Despite the
challenges, McGuire remains optimistic about the
company’s prospects for the future. He
continued, "As we move forward, we believe the
business is getting stronger, however, we do not
expect the year-to-year comparisons to become
positive until the third quarter. In addition, we
have implemented several cost cutting strategies that
have enabled us to reduce our inventories by
$9,000,000 and the square footage in our warehouses
by 150,000 square feet while at the same time
providing improved productivity and fill-rate to our
customers."
RVIA’s
Annual RV Industry Statistical Report Available
RVIA’s
annual RV industry statistical report, Profile, The
RV Industry 1996, was recently published. This annual
publication has been compiled from surveys of RV
manufacturers and highlights RV shipment activity
covering the past ten years with emphasis on the year
1996.
Product mix,
regional, and state-by-state sales patterns, and
wholesale and retail values are detailed for the ten
RV product categories in numeric as well as graphic
presentations. Separ-ate sections highlight towables,
motorhomes and conversion vehicles. An appendix
contains RV shipments compared to well-known economic
indicators and a tabular display detailing RV
production by state.
Again this
year, RVIA has included a state-by-state breakout of
retail sales for van conversions. This data, collated
by R.L. Polk and Statistical Surveys, Inc.,
highlights market shares of newly registered van
chassis most likely to be converted.
Also, in a
separate section highlighting the RV consumer the
publication presents a summary of future sales
potential represented by changing demographics as
identified by recent market research. This analysis
will guide the reader through some of the more
positive aspects of RV buyer demographics and their
anticipated effects on future sales.
Copies are
available from RVIA for $21.50 including shipping and
handling. Call RVIA at: 703-620-0003.
RV/MH
Heritage Foundation Plans Gala Event to Celebrate
25th Anniversary
New
Inductees Named
The board of
directors of the RV/MH Heritage Foundation has
announced the election of a special class of
inductees into the RV/MH Hall of Fame. This class,
elected as part of the celebration of 25 years of the
RV/MH Hall of Fame, will be inducted at a Silver
Anniversary Celebration Dinner in Elkhart, IN, on
Wednesday, August 6. 1997.
The special
class of inductees include Ermon and Roy Beck,
founders of Beck Corp., Elkhart; Frank Gotta,
president, Attog Corp., Springfield, MA; David J.
Humphreys, president RVIA, Reston, VA; Ted G. Kaplan,
CEO, Stag-Parkway, Atlanta, GA; Philip Lux, retired
president, Coachmen Industries, Elkhart; Dan
Pocapalia, chairman, Kit Manufacturing Co. Long
Beach, CA; Nicholas J. St. George, president, Oakwood
Homes, Greensboro, NC; and Elden E. Smith,
soon-to-be-retired senior vice president, Fleet-wood
Enterprises, Riverside, CA.
The Silver
Anniversary celebration for the RV/MH Hall of Fame
will include two days of activities on August 6 and
7, 1997.
Uniroyal
Adhesives & Sealants Division Acquires Illinois
Firm
According to
James T. Elgin, vice president & general manager
of the Adhesives & Sealants Division of Uniroyal
Technology Corporation, arrangements for a stock
purchase plan of the C. Gunther Company of Cary, IL,
distributor of quality mirror mastics for
professional mirror applications, were completed on
March 31st of this year. The Gunther Mirror Mastics
operation will be moved into the newly renovated
240,000-square-foot plant, office and research and
development facility of the Uniroyal Adhesives &
Sealants Division. This Division of Uniroyal
Technology Corporation manufactures adhesives,
sealants and coatings for the building product,
transportation and furniture industries.
Deutsche
Financial Services Completes Acquisition of Ganis
Deutsche
Financial Services (DFS), a provider of inventory
financing to the RV industry, has completed its
acquisition of Ganis Credit Corp. (Ganis) from
BankBoston Corp.
In conjunction
with the announcement, DFS — through the
facilities of Ganis — will begin offering retail
financing programs to the RV industry.
Roger Kirwan
will continue as president of Ganis. He will report
to DFS president and CEO Bob Martin.
Barth Under
New Ownership & Management
Barth RSV,
Inc., a manufacturer of recreational and specialized
vehicles, is under new ownership and management. The
company was purchased by V. Richard Miller and Nammy
K. Eskar. Eskar holds the office of president and
chief executive officer.
A former
Indiana state senator, Miller is currently the chief
executive officer and director of finance and
development for MMM-Invest, Inc. He was elected to
the Indiana State Senate in 1976 and served until
1988.
Prior to
joining Barth, Eskar was employed by Geo. S. Olive
& Company, a management consulting firm in
Indianapolis, IN.
Senator
Frank Murkowski Named Sheldon Coleman Award Winner
U.S. Senator
Frank Murkowski (R-AK), one of the Senate’s
leading champions of recreation issues, has been
named as the recipient of the ninth Sheldon Coleman
Great Outdoors Award.
Sen. Murkowski
was presented the award at the Great Outdoors Award
Celebration in June in Washington, D.C. The ceremony
was the highlight of Great Outdoors Week, taking
place from June 9-13. Both Great Outdoors Week and
the award are sponsored by the American Recreation
Coalition (ARC).
Sen. Murkowski
was honored for his energetic leadership to create a
national recreation lakes system study and his
ambitious, new recreation initiative that offers
creative solutions to ensure Americans will continue
to enjoy quality outdoor recreation opportunities.
The Sheldon
Coleman Award was named in honor of the late
conservationist and founder of the Coleman Company.
It recognizes individuals who have demonstrated
outstanding efforts to sustain and enhance
America’s outdoor legacy.
Manufacturer
and Park Trailer Booth Space Sold Out for Louisville
Show
The RV and park
trailer manufacturer exhibit space is sold out at
this year’s Louisville show. Due to the time it
takes to prepare the vehicle exhibit layout, RV and
park trailer manufacturers were sent the space
offering in March. Over 600,000 square feet of RV and
park trailer manufacturer space has been allocated.
Dealers Use
Direct Mail to Sell Accessories and Bring Customers
to Dealership
More and more
RV dealers are taking advantage of direct mail to
bolster business and stay in contact with their
customers, according to Dan Holt, publisher of RV
News. Holt administers the publishing side of the
bi-monthly Coast Specials flyer that appears in every
issue of RV News. Holt works with dealers to
customize the flyer for their dealers and help them
plan their mailings.
The direct mail
flyer program, a cooperative effort between Coast
Distribution and RV News, is growing in popularity
among RV dealers. Last month dealers ordered over
65,000 flyers.
Holt said,
"It must be working. Some of the dealers that
signed up for a one-time mailing earlier in the year
are coming back and doing it again. One dealership
found it worked so well they have signed up for the
rest of the year. If it wasn’t profitable,
they’d not be doing that."
The flyer is
eight pages with seven of those pages devoted to
four-color ads for items Coast has made available as
specials that month. The dealer can order reprints of
the flyer to send to their customer lists. The back
page of the flyer is designed for the dealer’s
personalized message or additional specials he might
choose to offer and the front cover has an area for
the dealer’s logo banner.
Holt added,
"It’s getting very difficult for dealers to
compete effectively with mega-stores, mass
merchandisers and companies that have millions of
dollars to spend on advertising and direct mail
programs. This program was designed to help dealers
compete. It gives them an impressive four-color
brochure filled with cost saving specials that the
consumer can buy at their dealers’ aftermarket
stores — an incentive for them to visit the
dealership."
Holt also
pointed out that it’s extremely inexpensive
considering the quality of the finished mailing
piece. Holt said, "Since we print all the
four-color flyers at one time, there’s an
economy of scale that is passed on to the dealer
– the more dealers that participate the lower
the cost. Then we simply run the flyers through a
one-color press again to customize each set of flyers
for each dealer. It’s available at only a
fraction of what a dealer would pay if he were to
undertake the printing locally.
"It’s
one of those programs that works for everyone equally
well – it’s a real win-win-win
program."
Western
RV Selected to the Washington CEO Magazine’s
Private 100 List for 1997
Arthur
Andersen, U.S. Bank and Washington CEO magazine
announced that Western Recreational Vehicles, Inc.,
Yakima, WA, was named to the Washington Private 150
list for 1997.
WRV was
recognized with the other Private 150 companies in a
special section in the May issue of Washington CEO
magazine.
Marshall
Gas Releases Catalog on CD-ROM
Marshall Gas
Controls, a Division of S.H. Leggitt Com-pany,
recently released their full-line catalog on CD-ROM.
In addition to the catalog, the CD features black and
white line art and full-color digital photography of
Marshall Gas’ most popular products.
"This new
CD was designed to meet the diverse needs of our
customers," says Randy Wheaton, director of
sales and marketing. "Our customers now have the
flexibility to include line art or photographic
images of our products in their own catalog or
product brochures."
The CD is
compatible with Macintosh, Window 3.1 and Windows 95
operating systems. Each CD includes a loadable reader
so specialized software is not needed to view the
catalog. The black and white line art images are
primarily Freehand 5.5 files, although some images
are available as Illustrator 6.0 files. Using the
digital photography file requires Photoshop or any
other program that supports the EPS file format.
To request a
copy of the Marshall Gas Controls CD or print
versions of the catalog or line art, please call
Stefanie Daily at (800) 877-2495, 8:30 a.m. - 5:00
p.m., Central Standard Time.
Fold-N-Roll
Stars at Music Festival
New Folding
RV Dressing Room for the Stars
Fold-N-Roll, the new
hard-sided folding RV with a hydraulic pop-up roof,
popped up at one of California’s biggest summer
music and craft festivals. The Morgan Hill Mushroom
Mardi Gras, which annually attracts more than 40,000
visitors during the Memorial Day weekend, requested
to have two Fold-N-Rolls parked off stage to play the
role as the stars’ dressing rooms. Irv Perch,
manufacturer of the Fold-N-Roll donated the trailers
to be used during the popular fund-raising festival.
The Fold-N-Roll
was selected by the festival committee because of its
compact size, comfortable interior and its solid wall
design technology that makes it one of the most
secure RVs built. The Fold-N-Roll was ideal for the
outdoor event in part because of its ease in set-up.
Lowered when not in use or for towing, the
Fold-N-Roll stands less than 5 feet 5 inches and the
roofline prevents the door from being opened,
securing the unit overnight and while unattended.
Hydraulically raised up to an inside height of 6 feet
5 inches in less than one minute, the trailer is
quickly available when needed.
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Designed with
all the comforts of a much larger and costlier RV,
the Fold-N-Roll became a restful haven for the
head-liners performing at the festival. Stars of the
festival, including The Lovin’ Spoonful, The
Tubes, Eric Burdon (The Animals) and John McEuen
(Nitty-Gritty Dirt Band) enjoyed the
Fold-N-Roll’s roomy interior including two full
sized beds, dinette table with couch seating,
refrigerator, sink, stove, toilet, shower and
generous storage and closet space for costumes.
